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Drip irrigation equipment lies unused at the home of a bene[ciary in Chouparan’s Poro village. The Jharkhand agriculture department’s director has ordered registration of FIRs against any Nabcons employees as well companies or vendors that may allegedly be responsible for irregularities in implementation of “Per Drop More Crop” — a key element of the Centre’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana — in the state.
The letter, dated June 9, comes almost three weeks after the department ordered reverification of 12 beneficiaries, and on the same day an investigation by The (Nabard), is responsible for verifying whether drip irrigation has indeed been installed at the farms of listed beneficiaries. However, in an investigation spanning a month-and-a-half and tracking 94 farmers in three blocks in Hazaribagh, The findings of the investigation were misuse of Aadhaar cards to create beneficiaries and some farmers not even aware that money had been collected by private companies in their name. ‘World looking at Yoga as agent of global good’: PM Modi leads celebrations in Srinagar Director Chandan Kumar wrote that “gross negligence” has been committed by Nabcons in “verification or authentication work”, and that the installation companies, local vendors or distributors have also “committed irregularities”.
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Must Read | Irregularities in Centre’s drip irrigation scheme in Jharkhand: How the Express investigation progressed, what it showed On May 22, the agriculture director had received a complaint by a farmers’ collective, the Jharkhand Chamber of Farmers, on alleged irregularities in the micro irrigation scheme. Based on this information, the agriculture department directed Nabcons to reverify 12 beneficiaries in Bhusai village of Ichak block.
Meet Jameel Khan aka Gullak's Santosh Mishra, who refused TV and film offers till he married: 'Never gave auditions or hunted for work' After the reverification exercise, Nabcons, in its report dated May 31, said it had found that 11 of the 12 listed beneficiaries were not doing any drip irrigation in Bhusai, but had rather claimed they were practicing it in Tepsa village, which falls under a different panchayat.
It further stated: “Verification has been done repeatedly by both the vendors – Irrilink Industries and Dev Polymers – in the same field in the name of different farmers by different field monitors on different International Yoga Day 2024: Settled in Goa, this German content creator found solace in the ancient practice Top 5 viral videos today: Pune youngsters pull insane stunt for reel fame, Putin and Kim Jong Un’s epic banter and more The report also cited the example of a listed beneficiary who never received any drip irrigation system, and whose Aadhaar card was used by a middleman who looks after the work of Irrilink Industries and Dev Polymers.
It stated that when the Nabcons field monitor asked him why his Aadhaar photo in their records did not match what he looked like in real life, he replied that he had got his hair cut due to his father’s death. T20 World Cup: The one Suryakumar Yadav shot that makes him a perfect The findings of the reverification exercise are in line with The Indian Express investigation on how a seemingly robust four-step verification process fell flat.
In its report, Nabcons also sought to explain that “without access to the Aadhaar portal”, it conducts verification simply by viewing the Aadhaar card, which can easily be forged. Must Read | Express impact: Jharkhand govt forms panel to probe irrigation NEET-NET crisis: The reason behind “Also, NABCONS does not have any information whether the farm is in the name of the beneficiary or not.
Field verification is the job of the (agriculture) department before application acceptance. Nabcons has video and photographs of all verification available,” the report said. In response, the Agriculture Department came down heavily on Nabcons, with the director writing in his June 9 letter: “… even though irregularities have been reported by Nabcons in their re-verification exercise, it is Nabcons which has been Where is the monsoon? named as the company for third party evaluation.
Thus, Nabcons has been grossly negligent in monitoring/verification work under the scheme.” More Premium Stories As the Sangh speaks up, deciphering its signals to the A new campus rises at ancient site: The Where is the and the caste-based social justice it Why you must never throw away UPSC Key | Railway Dalit tea plantation workers in Manjolai